MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2023-5612

Gitlab vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. It was possible to read the user email address via tags feed although the visibility in the user profile has been disabled.
Affected vendor
Gitlab
Affected product
Gitlab
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2024-01-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-5612

  • Confirm whether Gitlab Gitlab is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-5612.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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